How to identify Atractylodes lancea

1. Leaf Difference

The leaves of Celosia are oblong-lanceolate, lanceolate-stripe or lanceolate, and a few are ovate-rectangular, 5 to 8 cm long and 1 to 3 cm wide. The leaves are green, often with a little red. The apex of the leaves is acute or acuminate, with a small awn tip, and the base gradually narrows. The petiole is 2 to 15 mm long, or there is no petiole.

2. Flowers

The flowers of Amaranthus are numerous and densely grown in a single, unbranched tower-shaped or cylindrical spike inflorescence at the top of the stems and branches, 3 to 10 cm long; the tepals are oblong-lanceolate, 6 to 10 mm long, initially white or with red at the tip, or all pink, and finally white, with the tip gradually becoming pointed; the anthers are purple; the style is also purple, about 3 to 5 mm long.